Author Archives: jolanta
An Introduction to the Section – Arhan Virdi
Austria is a phenomenon between definitions. As a geographical, historical and lingual expression of this, we might ask whether the art of the country also represents its dichotomies. Landlocked to the north by Germany and the Czech Republic, to the east by Slovakia and Hungary, to the south by Slovenia and Italy and to the […]
The Protest Art of Charles Merrill – Milton Fletcher
Artist, gay activist and iconoclast Charles Merrill is enjoying a prolific period of creativity by addressing his social concerns in his art. A move last year to Palm Springs, California, with its brilliant sunlight inspired Merrill to integrate aspects of Cubism into his latest work, particularly the use of form and bright color. Like Picasso […]
Chen Fei – Whitney May
Chen Fei’s pink-skinned, sausage-bodied characters couldn’t be rounder, pudgier or more indulgent in the likes of food, material objects and sex. Each and every one of the aritst’s works makes a point to disgust and repel the viewer, yet each is also outfitted in baby pink and glossy pearls. To sum up the overall theme […]
Füge Demirok – Sarah Dotts/Tchera Niyego
Füge Demirok writes short poem-like inscriptions next to the works in her 2007 catalog. The third poem, placed next to an image of The Seal, reads, “Sealed, / From past eternity to eternity, / Can it be disregarded? / Not caring, not minding…” It doesn’t seem like the most ambitious request for attention on an […]
Heart Of the Leopold – Jamie Curtlydee
The Leopold Museum houses perhaps the most important collection of modern Austrian art in the world. It is, as much as it can be, the foremost representation of Austrian art. For example, the Leopold holds the largest Egon Schiele collection in the world and major works by Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokschka, Richard Gersti, Albin Egger-Lienz […]
Nicklas Hultman – Petra Dokken
The image Porn Cover-Ups is a reflection about what happens when you delete the human body performing the actual porn or sex acts and leave just a trace of what might have been or is: objects like socks or a ring, the setting with a sofa or a cheap interior. “In this way,” the Swedish […]
Maria Parmo
My works are based upon a dialectic between conscious elements (straight lines, designed forms) and unconscious ones (textures)… Maria Parmo My works are based upon a dialectic between conscious elements (straight lines, designed forms) and unconscious ones (textures), on balancing them, and on expressing my desire to solve the dichotomies in a dialectic form and […]
Lisa de Rosa
A woman and mother on the way to herself. Life is flowing, every moment in motion. Don`t ask where. Don`t ask why. Lisa de Rosa A woman and mother on the way to herself. Life is flowing, every moment in motion. Don`t ask where. Don`t ask why. Give yourself a chance! Grasp the moment and […]
Marga Duin
Color is the impetus in Marga Duin’s abstract paintings. Working from her seaside studio in Zandvoort, the Netherlands, Marga Duin Color is the impetus in Marga Duin’s abstract paintings. Working from her seaside studio in Zandvoort, the Netherlands, she reaps continual inspiration from the waves, the beach and the capricious weather. Even in her […]
How Many People Are on the Street? – Li Heini
Creativity and art-making always have dry spells. Over the last few years, as Zhang Pengye left Harbin for Beijing, and Beijing for New York, his artistic experiments have been quite diverse, and the various periods of his work suggest that the more troubled he is, the more productive. I myself like the prints he made […]
